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Author Chipman, John George, 1941-

Title A law unto itself : how the Ontario Municipal Board has developed and applied land use planning policy / John G. Chipman
Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 259 pages)
Series The Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance
Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance.
Contents CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- 1 The Genesis, Evolution, and Operation of the OMB -- From Railway Regulator to Jack-of-All-Trades Tribunal -- The Structure and Operation of the OMB -- The Planning Appeal Role of the OMB -- The Emergence of the OMB as a Land Use Planning Tribunal -- The OMB as a Developer of Planning Policy -- 2 The Evaluation of Interests -- The Public Interest -- The Adverse Impact Test -- The Balancing of Public and Private Interests -- The Evaluation of Private Interests -- Has the OMB Been Captured?
3 Policy Development in a Statutory/Judicial ContextThe Adequacy of Approval Procedures -- Interference with Council Decisions -- The Adequacy of Decision Making -- Interim Control By-laws -- The Meaning of Minor -- 4 Policy Development in a Public Policy Vacuum -- The Principles of Good Planning -- The Protection of Neighbourhood Character -- Commercial Competition -- The Provision of Social Housing -- Prematurity -- 5 The Treatment of Provincial Policy -- Sources of Provincial Policy -- The Pattern of OMB Involvement -- The OMB's General Approach
Regional Planning PolicyUrban Development and the Protection of Agricultural Lands -- Statements of Provincial Policy -- Matters of Provincial Interest -- Environmental Protection Policies -- Conclusions -- 6 A Tribunal Out of Time -- Theory v. Practice -- The OMB and the Province -- The Implications of Applying a Private Law Ideology -- A Forum for Sober Second Thought -- APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF CASES -- GENERAL INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O
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Summary Illuminates OMB practices of overturning municipal land-use planning decisions to impose its own policies, which are generally protective of private interests, and of applying provincial planning policies within the context of its own standards
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247) and indexes
Subject Ontario Municipal Board.
SUBJECT Ontario Municipal Board fast
Ontario Municipal Board. rasuqam
Subject Land use -- Ontario -- Planning
Land use -- Government policy -- Ontario
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
Land use -- Government policy
Land use -- Planning
Planification urbaine.
Politique gouvernementale.
Utilisation du sol.
Ontario
Ontario (Province)
Form Electronic book
Author Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
ISBN 9781442670389
144267038X
128202261X
9781282022614